Fran McInerney, Professor of Dementia Studies and Education at the Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, explores the background to and some implications of the longer article she and colleagues published in the March issue … Continue reading →

Min Stacpoole is a nurse researcher who formerly worked in the Care Homes Project Team at St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK. Inspired by experiences from the US, the hospice set up a research study to look at the effect of … Continue reading →

Jenny T van der Steen, Elizabeth L Sampson and Nele JA Van Den Noortgate explain the background to their longer article published in the May/June edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. Pain is common in older people, and probably … Continue reading →

A team of international researchers, Marjolein Gysels, (The Netherlands), Bridget Johnston (UK), Claudia Bausewein (Germany), Hristina Petkova (UK) and Fliss Murtagh (UK), explain the background to their longer article published in the March/April issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care. … Continue reading →